Women in the Tanzanian media: A critical analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Akpabio, Eno | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-09T11:53:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-09T11:53:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Research reports that indicate that women are marginalized in the Southern African and Tanzanian media call for urgent redress. In the specific instance of Tanzania, male sources dominate at 79%, while radio has the lowest proportion of female sources at 13% – women are more likely to be seen than to be heard. Female voices are heard in the “soft” areas such as gender equality and gender-based violence and less so in the fields of mining, labor and housing, each of which registers at a paltry 10%. Their voices start to disappear when they attain the age of 50. Women’s commentary dominates in the categories of beauty contests, and in reports on sex workers and homemaking, and women are more likely to be identified by a personal tag. In the newsroom, women constitute only 25% of print reporters, they are more likely to feature in “soft” news beats, and women occupy just over a quarter of the top management positions and constitute 14% of sources quoted 169 by male reporters. This study, citing best practices, charts the way forward more even gender representation in the Tanzanian media. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Akpabi, E. (2017). Women in the Tanzanian media: A critical analysis. World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, 168-183. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11070/2757 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
| dc.subject | Media | en_US |
| dc.subject | SADC protocol | en_US |
| dc.title | Women in the Tanzanian media: A critical analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |